As the cleanup from Hurricane Matthew progresses elsewhere, the rivers of eastern North Carolina continue to go through a historic flood brought on by the hurricane’s torrential rains. In many locations, the water is higher than in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in 1999, the previous high water mark on record for many locations. After Matthew

A few miles made the difference between a storm that could have been so much worse and one that was already bad enough. With at least 30 people killed in the U.S., and more than 1,000 killed in Haiti, Hurricane Matthew was one of the worst Atlantic hurricanes since Sandy. It tied as the fifth longest-lived major hurricane in the Atlantic since

In this article, Andrew Freedman of Mashable argues that the Saffir-Simpson scale should be changed because it doesn’t measure rainfall, and yet rainfall causes disasters in many hurricanes – including Matthew in North Carolina just now. The Governor of North Carolina has been saying the same thing. The National Weather Service disagrees, and so do

A weakened Hurricane Matthew continued to the batter the coasts of South and North Carolina Saturday morning, pushing considerable storm surge ashore and dropping heavy rains inland. The storm made landfall southeast of McClellanville, S.C., Saturday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. Officials warn that the storm is still

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Snapshot: Many people consider the stretch of coast from northeast Florida through southern South Carolina as a "protected coast," immune to coastal hazards. Hurricane Matthew now threatens to slam this coastline with a storm surge more severe than anywhere else the storm has impacted. The Protected Coast is now the most dangerous place of all, as

As the sun rose on Friday morning, Hurricane Matthew was battering the east coast of Florida, with gusts of wind over 100 mph measured just offshore of Cape Canaveral and photos of damage already popping up on social media. The storm weakened slightly overnight and is a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph. While the eye of the storm has

Hurricane Matthew has already made several marks in the record books, and could make a few more as it hits the coast of Florida with punishing storm surge, winds and rain. According to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher at Colorado State University, Matthew ― currently a Category 4 storm with winds of 140 mph ― had the third strongest 24-hour

With powerful Hurricane Matthew barreling toward the east coast of Florida, officials are hammering home the message for those under evacuation orders to leave and other residents to prepare for extensive power outages and widespread damage along the coastline. "There are no excuses. You need to leave. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate," Florida Gov.

The threat to the U.S. from Hurricane Matthew is increasingly coming into focus, though some of the details remain uncertain as the hurricane moves over the Bahamas after battering eastern Cuba overnight. So far the hurricane has left considerable devastation in its wake, with major damage already clear in Cuba and details of the utter devastation

Hurricane Matthew came ashore in southern Haiti as a powerful Category 4 hurricane at 7 a.m. Tuesday, after lashing the country with winds up to 145 mph and torrential rains all night. Matthew is the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Haiti since Cleo in 1964, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, and has been a worst-case